Early in the morning , the plunderplunderstill going on , General Baird announcedannouncepublicly by beatbeatof drum , that any thief detected in the fact , be he whom he might , should be hung .
But when a moment later Mrs. Sutton Bailey was announcedannounce, he turnedturnto her , and Mr. Denham foundfindhimself sitting silent , rejectingrejectpossible things to say , beside Katharine , who was silent too .